Native American Drummer Told Almost Identical Story 4 Years Ago

Nathan Philips in the news fours years before Covington MAGA kids incident

Native American drummer Nathan Philips was in the news 4 years before the Covington face-off

After a video went viral that appeared to show white high school students in Make America Great Again hats and shirts apparently mocking a Native American elder, worldwide outrage ensued after the flames were fanned by leftists and the liberal media, leading to widespread denunciations of the "teens' behavior."

Following indignation and calls for violence against the MAGA-hat wearing teens from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky, a new video surfaced that shows what happened before and after the encounter Friday in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.

The new full-length footage gives a far clearer perspective of the incident, causing even CNN and the New York Times to reassess their stance on the narrative.

In the new video, another group taunts the Covington MAGA kids with disparaging and vulgar language while the teens can't be heard using any racially abusive language.

The group of black men, who identify as members of the Hebrew Israelites, also shout racist slurs at the MAGA teens, participants of the Indigenous Peoples Rally, and other passersby.

The new footage shows Native American drummer Nathan Philips walk into the center of the crowd of teens, who instinctively join in by chanting along to his drumming, appearing to do so in unity rather than to mock.

The original viral video appeared to show MAGA hat-wearing teen confronting Nathan Philips, but things were not as they seemed

According to the Western Journal, longer cell phone videos showed that the drum-banging activist Phillips had actually originated contact with the teens during the March for Life, leading to a tense scene.

“In the midst of our cheers, we were approached by a group of adults led by Nathan Phillips, with Phillips beating his drum,” one of the students said in a statement to the media.

“They forced their way into the center of our group. We initially thought this was a cultural display since he was beating along to our cheers and so we clapped to the beat.

“However, after multiple minutes of Mr. Phillips beating his drum directly in the face of my friend (mere centimeters from his nose), we became confused and started wondering what was happening.

"It was not until later that we discovered they would incriminate us as a publicity stunt,” he added.

And, it turns out, the biggest instigators on the scene turned out to be members of the crackpot Black Hebrew Israelite movement, who allegedly insulted both the teenagers — one of them says the “Israelites” called them “racists,” ″bigots,”″white crackers” and “incest kids” — and the Native Americans, according to The Associated Press.

But what about Phillips’ claims that the students were saying racist things during the incident?

“They were making remarks to each other … (such as) ‘In my state, those Indians are nothing but a bunch of drunks.’ How do I report that?” Phillips claimed, according to the AP.

“These young people were just roughshodding through our space, like what’s been going on for 500 years here — just walking through our territories, feeling like ‘this is ours.’”

Phillips also claimed he heard chants saying, “Build that wall” and people telling him to “go back to the reservation.”

These are indeed disturbing allegations.

One problem is that they can’t be proven, and there are multiple videos of the encounter.

Given the fact that the liberal and even mainstream media already branded these kids as racists, I don’t think it’s improper to question Phillips’ history and the fact he’s made these allegations before, particularly in light of footage and a history that makes his version of events seem a lot less credible.